Upscale cigar and wine lounge Black Leaf to open in downtown St. Pete

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Upscale cigar and wine lounge Black Leaf to open in downtown St. Pete

After a long day, workers and residents will soon be able to unwind with a stogie and a glass of wine inside a new sophisticated cigar and wine lounge coming soon to downtown St. Pete.

The 4,000-square-foot Black Leaf Cigar and Wine Lounge is slated to open on November 30th at 237 2nd Avenue South. The space was previously occupied by arts and crafts shop Whim So Doodle, which closed in 2019 after 27 years and has since relocated to 2232 2nd Avenue South.

The new swanky lounge will offer top international cigar brands and a curated selection of wines via self-serve machines with 24 drinks on tap.

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Done Deals: Sundial adds new tenant, Mirror Lake site sells to developer, Foot Locker approved for city incentives

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Done Deals: Sundial adds new tenant, Mirror Lake site sells to developer, Foot Locker approved for city incentives

Done Deals is a weekly column by St. Pete Rising spotlighting recent real estate market insight and significant deals happening in the Sunshine City and beyond. The following information is sourced from public records and trusted intel.

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Voodoo Brewing opens this weekend on 4th Street in downtown St. Pete

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Voodoo Brewing opens this weekend on 4th Street in downtown St. Pete

After years of setbacks, a Pennsylvania-based brewpub is days away from opening in downtown St. Pete

The punk rock-themed Voodoo Brewing Co. will serve high-quality craft beers, seltzer cocktails, and pub fare when the doors open this Saturday, October 26th at 220 4th Street North.

The 7,300-square-foot building, which formerly housed Orange Blossom Catering, is owned by St. Petersburg Hollander Hotel owner Michael Andoniades.

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The Tavern at Bayboro and The Campus Grind work to rebuild and reopen on USF St. Petersburg campus

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The Tavern at Bayboro and The Campus Grind work to rebuild and reopen on USF St. Petersburg campus

Located less than a block from the Bayboro Harbor, storm surge from Hurricane Helene flooded family-run establishments The Tavern at Bayboro and The Campus Grind when it made landfall in late September as a Category 4 storm in the Big Bend region of the Florida panhandle.

"We had over three feet of storm surge come through both restaurants. We lost our walk-in cooler that's structurally part of the building," Dennis Bixler said to St. Pete Rising.

Dennis and his wife Stephanie own the local live-music pub and restaurant at 120 6th Avenue South on the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus.

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Everything you need to know about next month’s SHINE Mural Festival

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Everything you need to know about next month’s SHINE Mural Festival

Over the past 10 years, local artists and artists from around the world have gathered in St. Pete for the SHINE Mural Festival. Each year, the artists create a handful of larger-than-life murals around urban St. Petersburg, infusing sections of the city with character and colors.

The 10th Annual SHINE Mural Festival, produced by local non-profit St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, will run from November 8th to 17th. The multi-day festival was originally scheduled for October 11th to 20th, but was postponed due to the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.

Since its inception in 2015, the event has created nearly 170 murals throughout downtown and the surrounding arts districts.

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